Index: gtest/unittest/Utility/StringExtractorTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- gtest/unittest/Utility/StringExtractorTest.cpp
+++ gtest/unittest/Utility/StringExtractorTest.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
-
-    ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
 }
 
 TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, InitMisc)
@@ -38,6 +36,79 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (kInitMiscString[0], *ex.Peek());
 }
 
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, DecodeHexU8_Underflow)
+{
+    const char kEmptyString[] = "";
+    StringExtractor ex (kEmptyString);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ (-1, ex.DecodeHexU8());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.Empty());
+    ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, DecodeHexU8_Underflow2)
+{
+    const char kEmptyString[] = "1";
+    StringExtractor ex (kEmptyString);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ (-1, ex.DecodeHexU8());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ (1, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ ('1', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, DecodeHexU8_InvalidHex)
+{
+    const char kInvalidHex[] = "xa";
+    StringExtractor ex (kInvalidHex);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ (-1, ex.DecodeHexU8());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ ('x', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, DecodeHexU8_InvalidHex2)
+{
+    const char kInvalidHex[] = "ax";
+    StringExtractor ex (kInvalidHex);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ (-1, ex.DecodeHexU8());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ ('a', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, DecodeHexU8_Exact)
+{
+    const char kValidHexPair[] = "12";
+    StringExtractor ex (kValidHexPair);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ (0x12, ex.DecodeHexU8());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, DecodeHexU8_Extra)
+{
+    const char kValidHexPair[] = "1234";
+    StringExtractor ex (kValidHexPair);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ (0x12, ex.DecodeHexU8());
+    ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ ('3', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
 TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, GetHexU8_Underflow)
 {
     const char kEmptyString[] = "";
@@ -46,7 +117,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0xab, ex.GetHexU8(0xab));
     ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (UINT64_MAX, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kEmptyString, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
@@ -60,8 +130,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0xbc, ex.GetHexU8(0xbc));
     ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (UINT64_MAX, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kOneNibble, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -74,8 +142,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0xcd, ex.GetHexU8(0xcd));
     ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (UINT64_MAX, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kInvalidHex, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -88,8 +154,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0x12, ex.GetHexU8(0x12));
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kValidHexPair, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -102,8 +166,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0x12, ex.GetHexU8(0x12));
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kValidHexPair, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ ('3', *ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -117,7 +179,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0xab, ex.GetHexU8(0xab, kSetEofOnFail));
     ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.IsGood()); // this result seems inconsistent with kSetEofOnFail == false
     ASSERT_EQ (UINT64_MAX, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kEmptyString, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
@@ -132,8 +193,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0xbc, ex.GetHexU8(0xbc, kSetEofOnFail));
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kOneNibble, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (1, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ ('1', *ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -147,8 +206,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0xcd, ex.GetHexU8(0xcd, kSetEofOnFail));
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kInvalidHex, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ ('x', *ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -162,8 +219,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0x12, ex.GetHexU8(0x12, kSetEofOnFail));
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kValidHexPair, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (0, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ (nullptr, ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -177,8 +232,6 @@
     ASSERT_EQ (0x12, ex.GetHexU8(0x12, kSetEofOnFail));
     ASSERT_EQ (true, ex.IsGood());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetFilePos());
-    ASSERT_STREQ (kValidHexPair, ex.GetStringRef().c_str());
-    ASSERT_EQ (false, ex.Empty());
     ASSERT_EQ (2, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ ('3', *ex.Peek());
 }
@@ -265,3 +318,89 @@
     ASSERT_EQ(12, ex.GetBytesLeft());
     ASSERT_EQ('2', *ex.Peek());
 }
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, GetHexBytesAvail)
+{
+    const char kHexEncodedBytes[] = "abcdef0123456789xyzw";
+    const size_t kValidHexPairs = 8;
+    StringExtractor ex(kHexEncodedBytes);
+
+    uint8_t dst[kValidHexPairs];
+    ASSERT_EQ(kValidHexPairs, ex.GetHexBytesAvail (dst, kValidHexPairs));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xcd,dst[1]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[2]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x01,dst[3]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x23,dst[4]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x45,dst[5]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x67,dst[6]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x89,dst[7]);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ(2*kValidHexPairs, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ(false, ex.Empty());
+    ASSERT_EQ(4, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ('x', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, GetHexBytesAvail_Underflow)
+{
+    const char kHexEncodedBytes[] = "abcdef0123456789xyzw";
+    const size_t kValidHexPairs = 8;
+    StringExtractor ex(kHexEncodedBytes);
+
+    uint8_t dst[12];
+    memset(dst, 0xef, sizeof(dst));
+    ASSERT_EQ(kValidHexPairs, ex.GetHexBytesAvail (dst, sizeof(dst)));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xcd,dst[1]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[2]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x01,dst[3]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x23,dst[4]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x45,dst[5]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x67,dst[6]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x89,dst[7]);
+    // these bytes should be unchanged
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[8]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[9]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[10]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[11]);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ(kValidHexPairs*2, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ(false, ex.Empty());
+    ASSERT_EQ(4, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ('x', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
+TEST_F (StringExtractorTest, GetHexBytesAvail_Partial)
+{
+    const char kHexEncodedBytes[] = "abcdef0123456789xyzw";
+    const size_t kReadBytes = 4;
+    StringExtractor ex(kHexEncodedBytes);
+
+    uint8_t dst[12];
+    memset(dst, 0xab, sizeof(dst));
+    ASSERT_EQ(kReadBytes, ex.GetHexBytesAvail (dst, kReadBytes));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xcd,dst[1]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xef,dst[2]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0x01,dst[3]);
+    // these bytes should be unchanged
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[4]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[5]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[6]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[7]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[8]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[9]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[10]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0xab,dst[11]);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(true, ex.IsGood());
+    ASSERT_EQ(kReadBytes*2, ex.GetFilePos());
+    ASSERT_EQ(false, ex.Empty());
+    ASSERT_EQ(12, ex.GetBytesLeft());
+    ASSERT_EQ('2', *ex.Peek());
+}
+
+
Index: source/Utility/StringExtractor.h
===================================================================
--- source/Utility/StringExtractor.h
+++ source/Utility/StringExtractor.h
@@ -92,9 +92,13 @@
             return m_packet.size() - m_index;
         return 0;
     }
+
     char
     GetChar (char fail_value = '\0');
 
+    int
+    DecodeHexU8();
+
     uint8_t
     GetHexU8 (uint8_t fail_value = 0, bool set_eof_on_fail = true);
 
@@ -122,6 +126,9 @@
     size_t
     GetHexBytes (void *dst, size_t dst_len, uint8_t fail_fill_value);
 
+    size_t
+    GetHexBytesAvail (void *dst, size_t dst_len);
+
     uint64_t
     GetHexWithFixedSize (uint32_t byte_size, bool little_endian, uint64_t fail_value);
 
Index: source/Utility/StringExtractor.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Utility/StringExtractor.cpp
+++ source/Utility/StringExtractor.cpp
@@ -16,43 +16,6 @@
 // Other libraries and framework includes
 // Project includes
 
-static const uint8_t
-g_hex_ascii_to_hex_integer[256] = {
-    
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5, 0x6, 0x7,
-    0x8, 0x9, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 0xa, 0xb, 0xc, 0xd, 0xe, 0xf, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 0xa, 0xb, 0xc, 0xd, 0xe, 0xf, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-    255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
-};
-
 static inline int
 xdigit_to_sint (char ch)
 {
@@ -60,7 +23,9 @@
         return 10 + ch - 'a';
     if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F')
         return 10 + ch - 'A';
-    return ch - '0';
+    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')
+        return ch - '0';
+    return -1;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -129,25 +94,45 @@
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// If a pair of valid hex digits exist at the head of the
+// StringExtractor they are decoded into an unsigned byte and returned
+// by this function
+//
+// If there is not a pair of valid hex digits at the head of the
+// StringExtractor, it is left unchanged and -1 is returned
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+int
+StringExtractor::DecodeHexU8()
+{
+    if (GetBytesLeft() < 2)
+    {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    const int hi_nibble = xdigit_to_sint(m_packet[m_index]);
+    const int lo_nibble = xdigit_to_sint(m_packet[m_index+1]);
+    if (hi_nibble == -1 || lo_nibble == -1)
+    {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    m_index += 2;
+    return (uint8_t)((hi_nibble << 4) + lo_nibble);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Extract an unsigned character from two hex ASCII chars in the packet
 // string
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 uint8_t
 StringExtractor::GetHexU8 (uint8_t fail_value, bool set_eof_on_fail)
 {
-    if (GetBytesLeft() >= 2)
+    int byte = DecodeHexU8();
+    if (byte == -1)
     {
-        const uint8_t hi_nibble = g_hex_ascii_to_hex_integer[static_cast<uint8_t>(m_packet[m_index])];
-        const uint8_t lo_nibble = g_hex_ascii_to_hex_integer[static_cast<uint8_t>(m_packet[m_index+1])];
-        if (hi_nibble < 16 && lo_nibble < 16)
-        {
-            m_index += 2;
-            return (hi_nibble << 4) + lo_nibble;
-        }
+        if (set_eof_on_fail || m_index >= m_packet.size())
+            m_index = UINT64_MAX;
+        return fail_value;
     }
-    if (set_eof_on_fail || m_index >= m_packet.size())
-        m_index = UINT64_MAX;
-    return fail_value;
+    return (uint8_t)byte;
 }
 
 uint32_t
@@ -372,6 +357,28 @@
     return bytes_extracted;
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Decodes all valid hex encoded bytes at the head of the
+// StringExtractor, limited by dst_len.
+//
+// Returns the number of bytes successfully decoded
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+size_t
+StringExtractor::GetHexBytesAvail (void *dst_void, size_t dst_len)
+{
+    uint8_t *dst = (uint8_t*)dst_void;
+    size_t bytes_extracted = 0;
+    while (bytes_extracted < dst_len)
+    {
+        int decode = DecodeHexU8();
+        if (decode == -1)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+        dst[bytes_extracted++] = (uint8_t)decode;
+    }
+    return bytes_extracted;
+}
 
 // Consume ASCII hex nibble character pairs until we have decoded byte_size
 // bytes of data.